The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-05-26
r.nrns, uora; my favorite, think. Have
YOU known her long, or is it recent

x.nrre, Dora; my favorlte, think. have
you known her long, or is it a recent
AFFAIR."
'sI've known her. two or three years, but
money stood in the way at the time, 80
went to India to wait for better days.
CtKnew there was woman at the bottom
of that sudden rush to the shiny, mentally
calculated his lordship). But when my
uncle left me Cleveleigh, l came pacK
sharp. Her people don't know yet, for her
father wants her to marry man called
Lorimer."
SCALED WHAT" exclaimed Lord Lis
Carol. @tes RI. .ae-. e.aa.
"Lorimer. Do you know him'"
"Know himr' echoed the other. ITO
be sure do; a west countryman."
eyes. that's the fellow. An awful cub,
believe; but lots of money, and no end
of a place in the west; 80 old Car
michael''-- as
& '.Here, say, hold on a bit, I'm getting
mixed! What's the young lady's name?
Surely not Dora Carmichaeli'
''To he sure it is. Do you know her,
then4'
p 81 should think so! But look here, are
you sure there is no mistaken
II say, Liscarrol, it's rather early in
the day to be like this" remarked Hasel-
rig, astonished at his companions excite
ment. Hang it, man, a jokes joke,
but to be like this at this time of day Is
rather''-
"No, I'm not drunk, Haselrig, nor mad
either, though you are enough to drive me
sol What do you mean about Miss Car
michaely'
"Why, she's the girl I'm engaged to, to
be surel See, here's her likeness" and
so saying he rapidly unfastened a locket
from his watch, and held it out open to
his companion.
There was no mistake; it decidedly was
Dora Carmichael's likeness. BY this time,
luckily for both, they had reached their
club, and they turned into the waiting
room, which at that ti:se of the day was
vacant.
eyes, It is Dora, certainly" said Lord
Liscarrol slowly. "Confound herr'
'I,ord Liscarroln'
80, don't 60 into heroics, man! Look
here" and in moment he produced a
breast pocket, and, taking out photo
graph and several letters, flung them
down before the astonished soldier.
"Look at that! Read thoser'
Haselrig picked them up gingerly One
look was enough The photograph he
knew only too we'll, he had Che duplicate
of it; and If the letters at this moment
lying on his breast were not exactly and
literally the same, the signature, "Your
own loving Dora" was identical in both
"But what does it mean" he asked,
stupefied.
'tMeanr' laughed Lscarrol, bitterly;
''lies, to be surel How long have you
been engaged, Haselrig?"
"Since before went to India
"And I since Easter;'' and the two
men stood looking blankly at each other.
That afternoon, having received the
message Lord Liscarrol left with the but
Ter, Miss Carmichael waited impatiently
for the young man. About o'clock a
small parcel brought by commissionnaire
was given to her, and on opening it there
dropped out a locket, two packets of let
tiers and several photographs, together
with slip of paper, OH which was writ
ten:
Returned with thanks-Liscarrol,
BERTHE Haselrig"
There was no mistaking the signatures.
She had had stormy scene with Lori
mer, who had entirely refused to take his
congo quietly, and had forced her to listen
to some uncommonly plain speaking be-
fore leaving, and she was thoroughly tired
out. When her maid, hearing q heavy
fall, rushed into her room, she found her
mistress on the floor, insensible. Luckily
for Miss Carmichael, it was sufficiently
near the end of the season to make her
sudden departure from town less of a
nine days wonder than might otherwise
have been the case.
Long before she resumed her place in
London society Capt. Haselrig had re-
turned to India, and Lord Liscarrol had
found O wife both richer and prettier than
Dora Carmichael. World.